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Lewistown, MT

6,087 Population
5.7 square miles 1,063.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Fergus County: 44.4 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,049 ±$2,738 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fergus County: $35,574 ±$2,143
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,750 ±$4,314 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Fergus County: $63,706 ±$4,994
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21% ±6.6% (1,218  ±384) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fergus County: 15.1% † 1,722 (±3.7% / ±423)
  • nearly double the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.7 minutes ±2.8 (33,420  ±7,906) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Fergus County: 18.3 † 88,440 (±2.7 / ±14,240)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,880 ±152 Number of households
  • Fergus County: 5,303 ±195
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (5,848  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Fergus County: 2.1 11,266 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±6.5% (96  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Fergus County: 7% † 156 (±3.6% / ±80)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,101 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Fergus County: 6,012 ±61
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$198,400 ±$26,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fergus County: $236,100 † ±$24,690
  • about half the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±4% (815  ±240.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fergus County: 11.9% † 1,373 (±2.7% / ±311.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±8.7% (4,220  ±411.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fergus County: 95.1% 8,071 (±5.6% / ±478.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.7% ±4.6% (793  ±206.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fergus County: 24% † 2,035 (±3.2% / ±268.6)
  • about half the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.4% ±2.3% (208  ±139) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fergus County: 2.2% 253
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16% ±3% (765  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fergus County: 12% † 1,102 (±1.7% / ±156)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
765 Total veterans ±145 706 Male ±138 59 Female ±45

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